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· TO-DAY •

The Life... The Loves...

THE ADVENTURES OF

OMAR KHAYYAM WILDE RENNIE PAGET DEREK

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EXTRA MORNING SHOW TO-MORROW AT 11.00 A.M. 20th Century Fox present

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1937.

Anthony Fuller's Column

Ray

This week I saw

⋆

Milland In Demand

a most

impressive film called A Welshman

"High Flight." It deals

with the modern RAF.

In some respects I found

it rather humillating. Makes Good

Reason: Seeing the im mortal Spitfire relegated to the RAF Museum.

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the In Hollywood

I don't

what calendar suyu. As for as I am concerned, tho Battle of Britain was only a week or two ago, and I am quite prepared to tenth thero cheelty school- boys who compose the modern services, that at the most, it was only twolve months ago since we left bench, school room, office and factory, and proceeded to "get fell fr".

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"Under the

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Joel McCrea Vera Miles in "WICH:FT A”

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LONDON FILMS in automaton men

RICHARD

Willis Shakergerni

Starring

Lourenco OLIVIER Claire BLOOM

-To-morrow

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"A HATFUL OF RAIN" Fox's CinemaScope

home whether playing an Eng- lishman or an American, The Hat of his successes Includes many of Hollywood's most unforget- table movies. "Beau Geste," "Irene," and "Reap the Wild Wind," to mention only three.

His Academy Award-winning However, High Flight" will rote the dipsomaniac in appearing unül some The Lost Weekend," in 1946, me early to the new year, so also netted him the Interna

I would Lake this tonal Grand Prize al the chance to Inform the

at casual International Film Festival cinema-goer, that it is a must. Cannes for the bent per-

formance by an motor.. Probably, froin flying point of view, noting better

Hay speaks Spanish well Ho has been done, and you enter bas his own workshop and has into all the aspects of ike built most of the furniture for

RAF. OCTU.

his son's room.

His hobbles arc deep sen

But do not Imagine that the flying is the most Important fishing in the summer, skling thing in the picture,

under- In the winter, and astronomy. Only az optimist could make a hobby of the latter in England,

neath it all is a strong psychological drama of a boy who lost his father during the Battle of Britain.

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He in a boot enthusiast and owns

cabin twin-engine cruiser. He is also an expert at any card game and at chess,

Recently, Ray not only starred i but also directed two pictures. "A Man Alone" and "Lisbon."

What I wanted to say was something about Ray Milland who stars in "High Flight" He plays the part of a Wing Commander in the R.A.F. jet-

Of course, he is a Battle of Britain veteran in the role. Ray's name is Reginald Truscott Jones, son of a steel he appear mil superintendent.

RAY-in "High Flight" Paramount claims that tho word applied to a medioeval cult who prnetised secret murder as portrayed in their film, "Omar Khayyam."

Perhaps you think the whole thing is a bit too pedantic, but I an "uite interested in the origin of words.

It is his ambition to direct

For what it is worth, I put exclusively but hitherto, pro- ducers have always demanded in a claim for the followers of

in front of the

Hasan, who became head of a cameras as well.

Persian seel of the Ismailinna, Is per-

who had formance as Wing Commander a party of fanatics In Neath, Rudge in. "High"

"Flight"

long murmured by obscurity, but rose to evil cmminence Wales, and. after attending explain why, school there, he entered King's

under the guidance of Hasan, College, Cardiff.

Ho

born was

"Under The

Caribbean"

A Painless Education

"UND

In A.D. 1000, Hosto seized the castle of Alamut, which lits near the Caspian Sea, and Liberty, from there he earned an evil reputation from the Crusaders who called him "The Old Man

His formal education com-

A little quarrel is going on ploted, he was nccepted Into

between me and the Paramount the Household Cavalry, King's

publicity · department. Part Royal Guards, carefully

mount claims that the word handpicked group of 400 men assassin comes from the Arable of the Mountains."

legendary "hashshashin," which originally Lovereign's meant

So if you want to join in, а bashlat addict. Hashish, as you know, is the how does the word "ssassin" Oriental drug.

originate?

who are the protector of the person,

During The four years he spent with the elite regiment. Ray became the second best boxer, a better than average homemaa, and zn expert markanan. When he left the army he turned to films,

It was his ability with 4 rifle that brought him to the tlatice of producers, Ray War anked to hit a half-crown at the other end of the room with a rifle he had not seen before. Then he was assigned to shoot a mirror out of the hand of Lya Do Putu, Boon after- wards, he was given ble first acting part in "The Flying Scotchman,"

Shortly afterwards, he was Riven a contract by Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer. He spent 1 months with the studio, during which time he was loaned to Twentieth Century-Fox and also to Warmers for the lead in "Bought," in which he played

opposite Constance Bennett.

He returned to England iwice before settling in Holly- wood in 1034. It was on hi first trip to America that Roy met and

Muriel married Webber, Thoy have a son and a daughter. now in their teens.

Ray Milland has had leading rolea in well over 50 films and has proved himself equally a'

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ROXY & DEOADWAY: "Run of the Arrow." Rod Steiger fighta against the Yankees. Sarita Montiel. Brian Keith, and Balph Mecker.

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STAR & METROPOLE; "The

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Mature in a bare-fist brawl with the sharks.

QUEEN'S

ALHAMBRA: "Once Upon A Time" and "Tho

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KING'S & PRINCESS: "Omar Khayyam.” A colourful and highly imaginativo life of the

Perafan scholar-port.

Cornel Wilda, Michael Rennie. Debra Paget, John Darek,

and Raymond Massey.

COMING

ROXY & BROADWAY. "Klas Them For Me.” Cary Grant, on a colourful 'blind, with Jayne Mansfield and Suzy Parker.

HOOVER & LIBERTY: "The Seventh Bin," Somernet Maugham's "Painted Vell," brought up-to-date. A story of passion and In- trigue in Hongkong. Eleanor Parker, Bill Travers, George Sanders, and Jean Pierre Atmont. STAR & METROPOLE: "The Monte Carlo Story."

Marlene Dietrich gambling Marquise, Vittorio De Bles,

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QUEEN'S & ALHAMBRA:

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"Jeanne Engels". The story'

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To-Morrow Special Show At 18.30 PEL KIRK DOUGLAS in -“20,000′ LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA

in CinemaScope & Technicalor,

INDER the Carib- bean" at Hoover and

made, memory does not fail me, somewhore around 1958/4.

Hans Hoss and Lotte, his wife, spent their Nature's marvels and mysteries ime exploring

under the rea. "Under the Caribbean" was the third film of this type that they made.

It took about ten months to make, that is not counting the time Hans spent on the film at Shepperton Studios.

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The spearhead of the team WOB Lt-Commander Jimmy Hodges, Hans and Lotte. The men's task was undertaken with cúmerns they made themselves. Lotte did sill stuff. Jimmy, un- happily, met his death in falal diving accident before, and only just before, it was all over.

They all sailed under Liech tensein's national flag (because that's where the Hassen live for of one thing and it was part their job to collect specimens for the morine Institute for an- ether) on Xurifa, a 350-ton three-mast schooner. There were, twenty of them all told, eight in Hans party, including the bio- logist, an animal zoologist and doctor/radio officer. They had covered 20,000 miles by the time the expedition was over.

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The explorers behaved on the reean's floor much the same they did on the dry-deck,

They eat on the coral reef and compared notes on their pro- gress. Lolic took shorthand notes on an aluminium plate.

Through the floating loud- speaker, Dr Eibl not only heard the radio oficer's message that he was a father but listened to his newly-bora son cry,

Then they cracked a bottle at champagne.

Hans and Lofts look mora Uko Alm stars than intrepid un- derwater explorers. Ho la ton and handsome, his only con- cossion to a senfaring Tolo being a dark pointed beard.

She la petite sad pretty, her red-gold haly enhanced by her tropical tan.

There are plenty of exciting events in the film Frightening Üger and hammar head sharks who look really nasty, Sca Hana: blow water, and the coral reefs of the Caribbean illuminated by a 5,000 kilowalt lamp so that the acono could be photographed in ita true colour...

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This kind of tim

be pretty popular here. I enti it, education without pains, but schmit, it is first clase entertain-

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Arthur. KENNEDY

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